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Striped Tabby Pattern
Vertical stripes- Mackerel
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Blotched Tabby Pattern
Rounded circles and stripes- Marbled
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Spotted Tabby Pattern
Dark spots all over, ticked hairs- Leopard
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Ticked Tabby
Shaft of hairs alternate black and light with dark tip- agouti
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Which cats are predisposed to blindness?
White cats with blue eyes
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- Abyssinian
- Oldest, worshipped by egyptians, agouti coat,
- Prone to gingivitis, tooth decay, and renal problems
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- American Short Hair
- Looks like DSH, purebred
- Most well known color is Silver Tabby
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- American Wirehair
- Wirey coat
- Mutation, very ucommon
- Med. Length, All Colors
- Love to be center of attention
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- Bombay
- All black, Round head with shorter muzzle, Gold to copper eyes, All black, look like mini panther
- Playful, compatable with other animals
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- Burmese
- Related to siamese, Raspy voice, not very talkative
- Squished face, coat is very short, satin like, requires little grooming
- 2 common colors- sable and champagne
- People oriented, dog like
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- Egyptian Mau
- One of the oldest living breed of domestic cats
- **ONLY naturally spotted cat, Green eyes, Mascera lines, Chirp voice
- Silver, bronze, smoke, pewter
- Active, great hunters
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- Havana Brown
- Chocolate siamese, pointed sharp face, green eyes- oval shaped
- May have been named after a cigar or a breed of rabbit
- Playful
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- Japanese Bobtail
- May be LH or SH, color combos- red or orange w/ white or black w/ white
- Mi-Ke (mee-kay), good luck,
- Kittens aren;t born tailess, they are born with a full tail or short tail.
- Like water, talkative, some sing
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- Manx- Shorthaired Cymric
- Any color, eyes are round, & brown
- Manx= Tailess, dominant gene, litter may have kittens with full tail, or short tail or Rumpy
- No tail= Rumpy Riser, back arched
- Tailess may have sphincter or bladder damage
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- Devon Rex
- Rounder head then a Cornish rex. Crimpy Coat, poodle like coat, huge ears that are set low on their head
- All Colors
- Guard Hairs are fragile
- Seak heat, love to snuggle
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- Russian Blue
- Silver-blue
- ends of hair are dipped
- eyes are green, ears are pointed
- intellegent, playful, mood sensitive
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- Scottish Fold
- May be LH= Highland fold
- All colors
- Ears are a mutation, can get both unfolded and folded in litter
- Born with straight ears, after 3 weeks they curl
- Breed fold to fold and u get osetodystrophe
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What are the Point colors and where are they found?
Seal, black, chocolate, blue, lilac
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- Siamese
- Skinny, lanky,talkative
- Pointed
- Large Ears
- unpredictable, known to be wool suckers, suck on things
- IF they arent pointed, they are Oriental SH
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- Snowshoe
- Inverted V on face
- white boots and gloves, bright blue eyes
- love water, intellegent
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- Sphynx
- Many colors, wrinkles, bat ears, krimpy curly whiskers
- May be smooth or wirey, with hair patches on nose, tail and toes
- feel like a warm peach, need bathing and ear cleaning, may burn or freeze, should be kept indoors
- may wag their tail
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- Tonkinese
- Beffy Siamese
- Champagne, blue, platinum and mink
- Can be Pointed
- From Siamese and Burmese
- Playful
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- Oriental Short Hair
- Most are cross eyed, Siamese without the points, Lanky triangular head, green eyes
- 300 colors
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- Ocicat
- Not Naturally Spotted!, Selectively bred to copy wild cats
- Colors- Tawny, Chocolate, Cinnamon
- Abyssinian, Siamese, & ASH
- May walk on a leash, intellegent
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- Bengal
- Most common color- Brown Tabby
- Spots are Aligned horizontally, rather than random like the Oci.
- Glitter Gene- gives fur an iridescent glow
- Like water, can be docile and timid
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- DSH
- Random Bred
- Make up 95% of cat population
- Any Color Combination
- Mix of genes
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- Balinese
- Same thing as Javanese
- LH Siamese
- Pointed
- Blue Eyes
- Long legs, body, and tail
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- Birman
- Pointed & booted, and gloves
- Long silky hair- no matting
- Golden Cast, born white
- Pointed
- People lovers
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- Himalayan
- May be Pointed or all white, Brachycephalic = malocclusions or snaggle toothed
- cross btw siamese and persian
- Blue eyes
- Lots of Grooming
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- Maine Coon
- Tall Tufted Ears
- Largest Domestic cat
- All colors and patterns
- Coat is water repellent
- Good with kids and dogs
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- Persian
- Many colors, Silver, gold, smoke, may have lion cut, Heavy bones and short legs
- Sweet, may live 20 years
- Can get tear stains and ring worm
- Love attention
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